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The first completely NON 12 STEP approach that helps you move past addiction without using damaging labels or demeaning 12 Step methods. Our approach frees you from ineffective addiction treatment and endless recovery. Finally you too can be FREE and EMPOWERED with The Freedom Model!Most of our guests come to us believing they failed to find a long term solution for their substance use issues when, in fact, treatment has failed them. 92% of our guests have been to some form of treatment before arriving at The Freedom Model Retreats, often several times, and with various methods. Our approach caters to the independent thinking individual who is ready to end addiction now and forever. Our guests are ready to live a life free of an endless cycle of relapse, recovery, and lifelong treatment. They know, or come to realize, that they are in charge of all their life choices, including addiction. Our system works with all age groups ranging from teens to emerging and midlife adults and senior citizens. Whether a guest has never been to treatment or has been to many programs and centers, our self-directed approach can help.Unlike treatment centers, our approach has a definite time limit and costs are all-inclusive. Our guests know when they arrive the exact date of their departure and there are never any surprise or additional costs at the end of their stay. The retreat stay includes The Freedom Model system with optional and elective choices, all meals, activities, and the guest’s choice of retreat and accommodations. Guests completely control their investment by determining the retreat house experience and length of stay that best fits their needs for their best outcome. Come experience the serenity of our retreat locations as you refocus your life and choices. Invest in yourself and find the permanent solution you are seeking.

Healing is within reach. If you have lived in the chaos that addiction causes or grappled with managing mental health conditions that others don’t seem to understand, hope may seem far away. But you’re not at a dead end. Your journey is just beginning.Under the wide-open Michigan skies, we provide a serene setting that gives patients the space they need to heal as they learn healthy new habits. Offering integrated residential treatment in the beautiful Augusta woodlands, Skywood Recovery helps patients address not just addiction but any co-occurring mental health disorders that may be hindering their progress. As they focus on rebuilding, they begin to rediscover joy in everyday life.Through individual, group and educational sessions, patients find hope and healing. Growth doesn’t just happen through therapy sessions, though. Holistic offerings and recreation complete our well-rounded recovery experience. Skywood offers adventure therapy, year-round equine therapy, yoga, extensive walking trails and golf cart paths. Add in delicious meals prepared by our executive chef and you begin to see the Skywood difference.Skywood is an extraordinary place that fosters healing through our staff, peer support and a restorative environment. Our treatment team is committed to helping you develop the skills and relationships you need to propel you into a brand new life.

Proven Success. Since opening our doors in 1984, The Camp Recovery Center has helped thousands of men, women, and adolescents break free from the devastating cycle of addiction.Clinical Excellence. Our nationally-accredited program is run by an expert staff with extensive training. Our addiction counselors, family therapists, drug rehabilitation professionals, and nurses are dedicated to ensuring all individuals we treat develop the skills needed for long-term recovery.Adventurous Setting. Located in the beautiful Santa Cruz Mountains, we offer a variety of outdoor-focused activities to supplement group therapy and another recovery-related programming. From zip-lining to rock climbing, our ROPES course allows patients to build trust and let go.

With a healing atmosphere that is both transformative and life-giving, The Refuge – A Healing Place is where men and women can break free from the emotional pain and strife of trauma, addictions, and mental health concerns. With holistic programming that is centered on the needs of each client, every person who chooses to heal at The Refuge is viewed and treated as a unique individual who is capable of reaching his or her fullest potential.

Heroin Detox

Heroin detoxification is a manner of treatment provided to decrease the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms when a heroin addict quits using heroin. A heroin detox is should done with medical supervision.

Heroin detoxification should take anywhere from three to five days. The addict undergoing the heroin detox should be provided with medication to ease the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms usually associated with quitting heroin. The withdrawal symptoms or side effects from heroin include but are not limited to: dilated pupils, chills or goose bumps, runny nose, loss of appetite, panic, muscle cramps, insomnia, irritability, shaking, jitteriness, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps, and watery eyes, etc.

Seek medical attention for Heroin Detox

Heroin withdrawal symptoms and side effects can be some of the most uncomfortable and unbearable an addict may experience compared to the withdrawal symptoms and side effects from other drugs. Heroin Detox is necessary for one who has become physically and psychologically dependent on heroin that may experience heroin withdrawal symptoms and side effects while quitting all at once, or even while slowly decrease their daily intake of heroin. Heroin withdrawal symptoms and side effects begin six to eight hours after the last dose is taken. Major heroin withdrawal symptoms and side effects will spike somewhere between 48 and 72 hours after the last dose of heroin was taken and will ease after about seven days. Heroin withdrawal s...

Opiods and opiates are chemicals that affect the body by binding to the opiod receptors in the central nervous system. The most commonly used opiates, which are naturally occurring alkaloids of the opium poppy, are morphine and codeine. Read and find out more info regarding opiod and opiate detox.